Warrior’s Heart

Warrior’s Heart Pattern

Purple is the colour for Fibromyalgia, CFS, ME, Lupus and Alzheimer’s disease. To celebrate the courage of all my fellow warriors battling Fibromyalgia, CFS and ME I crocheted in purple. May is Fibromyalgia Awareness month.

Invisible chronic illnesses are hard to bear, little understood with no cure, and limited or no treatment available. Indifference or disbelief adds to the pain we experience. We ask for understanding and medical research, not judgement and neglect.

You can make this in any colour you like, but you may like to crochet in a colour that helps raise awareness for a cause that means something to you. Sew on to a brooch back, hair clip, scarf, jacket or anything you like. Give to a friend battling chronic illness. Give them away in a random act of kindness.

You can make it out of any yarn you like, but cotton will work best. I used Nurturing Fibres Eco Cotton and a 3.5mm hook. Gauge isn’t important.

I’d love to see your version if you are here or on Instagram (tag me @queen_babs). Feel free to use #warriorsheart or #lovebombtribe when sharing photos of this crochet pattern.

Wishing you happiness and if you a chronic illness warrior or Spoonie I wish you a day of less pain and exhaustion. Jane, Aka Queen Babs

Special stitchesPicot – chain two, slip stitch into second chain from hook.Back loop only – the top of each stitch has two loops. One at the front and one at the back. Crochet into the back loop only, leaving the front loop empty.SpTc2tog – special treble crochet 2 together (UK SpDtc2tog special double treble crochet 2 together)
Yarn over twice, insert hook, yarn over, pull through loop, yarn over, pull through two loops on hook. You now have three loops on the hook. Working in the same stitch, yarn over once, insert hook, yarn over, pull through loop. You have five loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through two loops on the hook. You now have four loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through two loops, Yarn over, pull through remaining three loops.

Warrior’s Heart Round 1Note: Leave a long enough tail to crochet over and weave in.

With the colour you have chosen for your heart, ch 4. Sl st into the first chain to create a ring.

Ch 4. Into the ring and crocheting over your tail, work 3 tc [dtc], Gently pull your stitches together to make more room around the circle, 3 dc [tc]. Gently pull your stitches together to make more room around the circle. Ch 3.

Into the circle work 3 dc [tc], gently pull your stitches together to make more room around the circle, 3 tc [dtc]. Ch 3. Sl st into the centre of the circle. Finish off. Put your hook behind the heart and push it forward through the centre. Pull the finished-off yarn tail through the centre of the heart and out the back.

Take the other tail which you have crocheted over and pull gently, decreasing the size of the hole in the centre of the heart. Tie both tails together with one granny knot. Weave in ends.

Round 2

Find the first tc [dtc] you crocheted (after the ch 4) on the left side of the heart. This is your starting point.
With your second yarn colour, attach yarn with a sl st in this st. Ch 2. Work 1 hdc [htc], 2 hdc [htc], 1 hdc [htc], 2 hdc [htc] and 1 hdc [htc] in the next 2 sts, then 3 hdc [htc] in the next st.